Section 31-800. APPLICATION AND SCOPE

 

800.1 This chapter shall apply to every person that provides a public vehicle-for-hire service subject to licensing or regulation by the Commission, provided however that provisions of § 819 apply to any vehicle-for-hire in the District, including private vehicles-for-hire.

 

800.2 The provisions of this chapter shall be interpreted to comply with the language and intent of the Establishment Act.

 

800.3[REPEALED].

 

800.4[REPEALED].

 

800.5No public vehicle-for-hire may provide service in response to a dispatch other than as provided in Chapter 16 and other applicable laws.

 

800.6A public vehicle-for-hire may provide service, including wheelchair accessible service, in response to a dispatch, as provided in Chapter 16, provided that:

 

(a) At all times while licensed and equipped as a public vehicle-for-hire, the vehicle shall be operated only in compliance with all applicable provisions of this title and other laws applicable to public vehicles-for-hire, including, without limitation, all provisions relating to the requirement that the vehicle be operated by a DCTC licensed operator, the use of a modern taximeter system, and the collection, and payment to the District, of the passenger surcharge; and

 

(b) A vehicle under an exclusive time contract other than as a public vehicle-for-hire shall be decommissioned as a public vehicle-for-hire.

 

800.7An owner or operator that violates this subsection shall be subject to a civil fine as

set forth in Chapter 20.

 

800.8The provisions of this chapter shall apply to public vehicles-for-hire other than taxicabs to the extent provided in this title.

 

 

authority

Sections 8(c)(1), (2), (3), (5), (12), (19), (20); 14, 20, 20a and 20f of the District of Columbia Taxicab Commission Establishment Act of 1985 (“Establishment Act”), effective March 25, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-97; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-307(c)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (12), (19), (20); 50-313; 50-319; 50-320 and 50-325 (2012 Repl. & 2014 Supp.)).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 37 DCR 3595, 3611 (June 1, 1990); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 9970, 9971 (August 17, 2012); as corrected by Errata Notice published at 60 DCR 12218 (August 23, 2013); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 2561 (February 27, 2015); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 338 (January 8, 2016); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 7668 (May 20, 2016).